Initial Public Consultation
Environmental and Social Impacts Checklist

Dear Stakeholder,

MITCON Consultancy Services Ltd., Pune (www.mitconindia.com) is setting up a wind power project of 0.75 MW capacity at wind prone site declared by Central & State Government and having required infrastructure at Survey No. 495, Village – Karunapuram, Taluka – Uddumbachhola, District – Idukki, Kerala, INDIA. Power generated from the project will be evaluated to Kerala State Electricity Board Grid.

This will be among the 1st wind power projects in Kerala State. We are developing this project based on Gold Standards for carbon emission reduction trading.

You are kindly requested to complete the following checklist, which is a guideline provided to all project stakeholders. Please note that the following stakeholder questions are based on those provided by the Gold Standard (VER Project Developer’s Manual Appendix E). 

Stakeholders are requested to fill in the first answer column in reference to a scenario with the project implemented as compared to the baseline scenario, i.e. a situation without the project, but including other future developments.

A space for additional comments has been provided at the end of the checklist.

Thank you for your time and input.

Submit to –

Deepak Zade
Executive Vice President (Green Power Division)
MITCON Consultancy Services Ltd.
Kubera Chambers | Shivajinagar | Pune - 411 005 | Maharashtra | INDIA
Ph. : +91-20-2553 3309 / 2553 4322, Fax : +91-20-2553 3206
Email ID : deepak@mitconconsultancy.org

Sr. No.	Environmental Impacts	Yes / No?	Is this likely to result in a significant effect? Yes / No?
1	Will construction, operation, or decommissioning of the project use or affect natural resources or ecosystems, such as land, water, forests, habitats, materials, or, especially any resources, which are non-renewable or in short supply?	Yes No	Yes No
2	Will the project involve use, storage, transport, handling, production or release of substances or materials which could be harmful to the environment?	Yes No	Yes No
3	Will the project release pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air?	Yes No	Yes No
4	Will the project cause noise and vibration or release of light, heat energy, or electromagnetic radiation?	Yes No	Yes No
5	Will the project lead to risks of contamination of land or water from releases of pollutants onto the group or into surface waters, groundwater, coastal waters, or the sea?	Yes No	Yes No
6	Are there any areas on or around the location where wind turbine generator is operated and protected under international or national or local legislation for their ecological value, which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
7	Are there any other areas on or around the location where wind turbine generator is operated, which are important or sensitive for reasons of their ecology, e.g. wetlands, watercourses or other water bodies, the coastal zone, mountains, forests or woodlands, which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
8	Are there any areas on or around the location where wind turbine generator is operated which are used by protected, important, or sensitive species of fauna or flora, e.g. for breeding, nesting, foraging, resting, over-wintering, migration, which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
9	Are there any inland, coastal, marine or underground waters on or around the location where wind turbine generator is operated, which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
10	Are the location where wind turbine generator is operated susceptible to earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding or extreme or adverse climatic conditions, e.g. temperature inversions, fogs, severe winds, which could cause the project to present environmental problems?	Yes No	Yes No

Sr. No.	Socioeconomic and Health Impacts	Yes / No?	Is this likely to result in a significant effect? Yes / No?
11	Will the project involve use, storage, transport, handling, production or release of substances or materials which could be harmful to human health or raise concerns about actual or perceived risks to human health?	Yes No	Yes No
12	Will the project release pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air that could adversely affect human health?	Yes No	Yes No
13	Will the project cause noise and vibration or release of light, heat energy, or electromagnetic radiation that could adversely affect human health?	Yes No	Yes No
14	Will the project lead to risks of contamination of land or water from releases of pollutants onto the group or into surface waters, groundwater, coastal waters, or the sea that could adversely affect human health?	Yes No	Yes No
15	Will there be any risk of accidents during construction or operation of the project, which could affect human health?	Yes No	Yes No
16	Will the project result in social changes, for example, in demography, traditional lifestyles, employment?	Yes No	Yes No
17	Are there any areas on or around the location where wind turbine generator is operated, which are protected under international or national or local legislation, which are important for their landscape, historic, cultural, or other value which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
18	Are there any transport routes or facilities on or around the location which are used by the public for access to recreation or other facilities and/or are susceptible to congestion, which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
19	Is the location where wind turbine generator is operated likely to be highly visible to many people?	Yes No	Yes No
20	Are there existing or planned land uses, e.g. homes, gardens, other private property, industry, commerce, recreation, public open space, community facilities, agriculture, forestry, tourism, mining or quarrying, on or around the location where wind turbine generator is operated, which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
21	Are there any areas on or around the location where wind turbine generator is operated, which are densely populated or built-up, or occupied by sensitive uses, e.g. hospitals, schools, places of worship, community facilities, which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
22	Are there any areas on or around the location where wind turbine generator is operated, which contain important, high quality or scare resources, e.g. groundwater, surface waters, forestry, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, and minerals, which could be affected by the project?	Yes No	Yes No
23	Is the location where wind turbine generator is operated susceptible to earthquakes, subsidence, landslides, erosion, flooding, or extreme or adverse climatic conditions, e.g. temperature inversions, fogs, severe winds, which could cause the project to present socioeconomic problems?	Yes No	Yes No

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